Dar al Gani 400 - Original Stone

Named Meteorites - A to M

On April 14th a fireball was captured by many cameras as well as National Weather Service radar - it exploded about 10,000 feet above the ground across Southwest Wisconsin

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin - 2.65 grams

This fresh slice of the Mifflin meteorite gives a really good look at the interior of this newly classified specimen - it has the nicely brecciated texture of an L5 ordinary chondrite

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin - 2.65 grams

The reverse side gives another view of the interesting clasts

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin weather radar image

Eric Wichman of MeteoritesUSA.com overlayed the weather radar image that was used to located the Mifflin strewnfield on the map he created of the finds - you can really see the value of the radar image!

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin - 1.55 grams

Our second small fragment highlights the metal inclusions as well as the thickness and freshness of the crust

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin - 1.55 grams

The reverse side of our second small fragment

Date: 08/30/10

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Steve Arnold and Rob Wesel

Steve holds a 42 gram Mifflin stone that he found and Rob holds a 219.2 gram individual that he recovered - both were picked up just a few days after the meteorite fall was reported

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin - .654 grams

This nice little part slice was cut from Steve Arnold's Mifflin stone

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin - .654 grams

Another view of the part slice

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin Strewnfield - Kumar Map

This excellent map of the Mifflin Strewnfield was carefully created during the recovery efforts by Atul Kumar of the Calumet Astronomical Society and it had a direct impact on the search - a larger version can be obtained from him

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin - .512 grams

This additional little part slice was also cut from Steve Arnold's Mifflin stone

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin - .512 grams

Another view of the part slice

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin Strewnfield - Wichman Map

This additional map of the Mifflin Strewnfield was created by Eric Wichman of MeteoritesUSA.com in Google Earth - more deatils and information can be found on his website - including some downloadable files

Date: 08/30/10

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Michael Cottingham in Wisconsin

Michael recovered several meteorites while hunting near Mifflin - these included a 51 gram hammer stone and another 60 gram individual - some of our sliced specimens we obtained from Michael

Date: 08/30/10

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Mifflin - Assorted sizes

An assortment of smaller fragments and slices that we obtained from various sources - these are all different from the other individual pictured specimens

Date: 08/30/10

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Champagne-Ardenne, France

In July of 1994 a 45 kilogram rusted mass was found in the forest of Mont Dieu - since then about 360 kilograms in total have been recovered

Date: 05/06/09

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Mont Dieu - 9.4 grams

Our slice has been classified as an iron meteorite that does not fit into any of the established chemical groups

Date: 01/01/00

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Mont Dieu - 9.4 grams

This meteorite LIKES TO RUST!

Date: 01/01/00

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Mosque in Agadez, Niger

On August 21, 1991 the 110 kilogram Mount Tazerzait meteorite was witnessed to fall by a seven-year-old Tuareg boy near the city of Agadez in the Republic of Niger

Date: 09/03/09

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Mount Tazerzait - 7.2 grams

Our slice is classified as an L5 chondrite

Date: 09/03/09

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A sample of this meteorite is included in the collection of the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide in Siena, Italy